Guest Bob Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I know that XP Pro only supports up to 2 concurrent connections. What if I install a PHP forum on a XP pro? Does it mean that only 2 users can access the site at one time? Or am I wrong? Thanks.
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Re: Question on Concurrent connection for XP Pro "Bob" <Bob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D7E4C692-494B-4099-988B-1F4EF463EF0E@microsoft.com... >I know that XP Pro only supports up to 2 concurrent connections. It's 10, not 2. XP Home is limited to 5. > What if I install a PHP forum on a XP pro? Do you mean a web server? > Does it mean that only 2 users > can access the site at one time? Or am I wrong? > > Thanks. XP Pro supports 10 concurrent connections, not 2. So yes, you're wrong. Note that some of those 10 may be used by other processes. If you really need a server OS, you shouldn't use XP, Get some sort of server OS, and if cost is a factor and labour isn't, get a Linux distribution. However, there are other issues. First, many ISPs explicitly prohibit attaching servers to non-commercial connections. If they detect a server, and they can, they may decide to terminate your account, or change its status (and the amount you have to pay). Second, residential ISP accounts are not symmetrical, meaning that upload speeds are significantly slower than download. So when users try to access files from your system, their download speed will be limited by your system's upload speed.
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